Garment protecting bag



March 1952 A. J. RASSENFOSS 2,590,462

GARMENT PROTECTING BAG Filed March 18, 1950 INVENTOR:

Patented Mar. 25, 195.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT PROTECTING BAG AlbertJ. Rassenfoss,Kenilworth, Ill.

Application March 18, 1950,,SerialNo. 150,521

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in garment protecting bagsintended particularly for use by dry cleanin establishments, laundriesor the like for encasing the garments for delivery to customers and bythe customers for storage purposes.

Objects of the invention include that of providing a simple, eflicientand convenient tying means about the projecting hook of the garmenthangerwhich is within the bagand an effective easily, operated and longlifeend closure means for the bottom of the bag without folding,crumpling or distorting the bag laterally or along the side edgesthereof and without wearing or tearing the-bag.

The .bag itself is preferably made of polyethylene or vinyl resins(Vinylite), or other plastic film" though any other suitable materialmay be used;

The material is preferably transparent for visibility of thegarmentinside and is dirt, moisture and vermin proof.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the description and claimto follow in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustratesby way of example but not of limitation an embodiment of the inventionand in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a, side elevation of a bag embodying the invention andshowing a garment therein throughthe transparent material of the bag,the bag being closed at top and bottom as it would be for delivery ofthe garment to the customer, or other transportation, and for storagepurposes;

Fig. 2 is .a cross section of the bag taken on the line 2--2 of Figure1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the neck at the top of thebag in open condition and with the closing andtying cord in loose anduntied condition;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view substantially at full scale of the lowercorner of the bag before the closure of the lower end of the bag, partsbeing shown in section and perspective;

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6' is a cross section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 and showing thebottom in closed condition; and

Fig. 7 is a view of the lower corner of the closed bag as seen from theline 1-1 of Fig. 1.

The bag In may be formed of continuous tubular material which is cut offin suitable lengths to form bags of the desired height or lengths toaccommodate garments of different lengths. The upper end of the bodyportion of the bag is preferably cut to form the sloping shoulders IIand neck l2, the out edges being secured together by heat sealing. Asuitable narrow cloth or other binding braid or tape H may then bestitched over the edges. At the top of the neck, of course, the edgesare separately so bound, Fig, 3, to provide an opening therethrough intothe bag.

When the bag is placed over the garment, the wire hook I3 of the hangercarrying the garment extends through the neck [2 as shown in Fig. 1 andis used for suspending the garment and bag. In order to close the neckl2 tightly about the hook [3 in sealed condition, a suitable string orcord Id sewed to t -e binding or braid edge H at I6 is passed around theoutside of said neck. Its two ends are then loosely threaded through asuitable loop or ring i5 sewed or otherwise secured to the binding orbraid I I at the edge opposite to the point I6.

By grasping and pulling strongly on the free ends of this cord M, theneck of the bag is tightly drawn and gathered together as in Fig. 1about the wire hook l3, and by suitably tying said ends together as in abowknot ll of Fig. 1 outside the loop or ring it, the neck i2 is tightlyclosed and sealed about said hook. The loop l5 and the attachment at I6insure that the cord 14 remains in place on the neck I2 of the bag,spaced from the top edge thereof, when being drawn and tied and remainsso after being tied, and also when loose or untied so that the cord doesnot become lost or separated from the bag. It requires no special effortor manipulation to place the cord in proper position for tying or in thetying of it. All that is necessary is to grasp and pull on the free endsof the cord and tie them together. Thus the neck of the bag is closedand permanently secured in dust, moisture and vermin passage preventioncondition without conscious effort except naturally to draw and tie theends of the cord tightly together, and the neck is readily loosened andopened by merely untying the bowknot I! by pulling on the ends of thecord in the usual way of untying such knots.

The bottom of the bag is closed as indicated by a strip of suitablematerial, generally denoted by the numeral I8, separate from the sidesof the bag but secured by preferably two lines of stitching l9 to thelower edge of one side of the flattened bag It, in this instance to-theside 20, the other side 2| of the bag being shown in front in Fig. 1.This strip l8 has completely embedded therein a narrow thin strip 24 ofsuitable metal such as aluminum, the same being between two strips 23 ofadhesive material such as relatively heavy paper. The metal stripterminates slightly short of the outer ends of ends 22 of the strip l8which projects out beyond the vertical edges of the bag. The paper andmetal strips are thus all adhesively secured together and the metalstrip is entirely enclosed thereby even at the ends whereby it cannotcome into contact with the material of the bag sides at any time orplace. Thus the bag sides are protected from the more or less sharpedges of the metal strip and are not worn through thereby or punchedthrough by the ends of the metal strip.

When the garment is in the bag and it is desired to close the bottom ofthe bag, this bottom strip 3 with its embedded metal strip and the twobottom edges of the sides 20 and 21 of the bag are turned or rolled upfrom the position of Figs. 4 and 5 to that of Figs. 1 and 6. This makesa closely flattened roll across the bottom of the bag with the strip 18as a core, the roll comprising as many turns of the strip as desired,one complete turn being shown in Fig. 6 and ordinarily consideredsufficient.

When so turned or rolled up to the desired position, the end portions 22of the strip [8 which project beyond the vertical edges of the bag arebent back or turned inwardly over the end edges of the roll and pressedflatly against and parallel with the side of the roll as indicated inFigs. 6 and 7. This prevents any unrolling of the parts and roll andsecures the lower ends of the sides of the bag together in sealedrelation. The bag may be opened at the bottom by bending the ends 22 inthe bottom strip back into an outwardly position and then unrolling thisstrip and back ends.

This separate bottom strip I8 is relatively stiff to make a firm roll,yet generally flexible for the opening of the bag, and it is capable ofbeing bent and unbent repeatedly at the ends without injury to the bagmaterial, as stated, and has enough resistance to bend firmly to clampand hold the parts together when the ends 22 are so bent back andpressed upon the roll.

The operation is apparent. With the bottom of the bag open, the same isslipped over the garment on the usual hanger. The hook i3 of the hangerpasses through the neck l2 of the bag and the bag covers the top andshoulders of the garment. The bottom of the garment is or should 7 beabove the bottom of the bag. The bottom of the bag is then rolled upover the separate strip 18 for a sufficient number of turns as describedto produce a tight roll. The ends of the strip I8 are then bent flatlyback over the side and parallel of the roll and pressed against it. Thelower end of the bag is thus sealed without injury, wear, or crumplingthe same at the side edges. The

neck at the top may now be tied tightly about the hanger hook, if it wasnot before so tied, by drawing the ends of cord I4 together and tyingthem as at [1. This seals the top of the bag.

The bag and contents may now be delivered to the customer, who may hangit in the closet for the season or until the garment is required. Thearticle may be viewed through the transparent material for immediateidentification without having to open the bag.

The bag, of course, may be used repeatedly and for a long time. It isreadily opened without harm to or wear on the bag due to the separatestrip at the bottom and is as readily closed without danger. Th sideedges of the bag remain straight clear down to the bottom and are notoverlapped, creased, cracked, broken, punctured by the metal strip, tornor restricted in the width of the bag at the lower corners.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully explain thegist of my invention that others may, by applying current knowledge,readily adapt the same for use under varying conditions of service,without eliminating certain features, which may properly be said toconstitute the essential items of novelty involved, which items areintended to be defined and secured to me by the following claim.

I claim:

A garment protective bag of the class described having a body portionadapted to be slipped down over and to enclose a garment suspended on ahanger having a supporting hook, said bag having an upstandingrestricted neck at the top through which said hook extends, an edgebinding at each side of the neck, a tying cord around the outside ofsaid neck and spaced from the top thereof and adapted to be tightlydrawn and tied to close said neck about said hook in sealed relationthereto, the said cord being attached intermediate its ends to saidbinding at one side of the neck, and a loop attached to the binding onthe other side of the neck, the free ends of the cord passing throughsaid loop from the opposite sides of the neck and being adapted to begrasped and drawn therethrough and tied together.

ALBERT J. RASSENFOSS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 671,589 Grant Apr. 9, 1901969,468 Goldberg Sept. 6, 1910 1,181,148 Linton et a1. May 2, 19161,900,814 Holley Mar 7, 1933

